From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Nancy Richey

American tennis player

Summary

American tennis player

Field	Value
name	Nancy Richey
country
birth_date
birth_place	San Angelo, TX, US
height	5 ft
plays	Right-handed
tennishofyear	2003
tennishofid	nancy-richey
website
singlesrecord	664–169 (79.7%)
singlestitles	73
highestsinglesranking	No.2 (1969)
AustralianOpenresult	W (1967)
FrenchOpenresult	W (1968)
Wimbledonresult	SF (1968)
USOpenresult	F (1966, 1969)
Othertournaments
doublesrecord	150-105 (58.8%)
doublestitles	25
AustralianOpenDoublesresult	W (1966)
FrenchOpenDoublesresult	F (1969)
WimbledonDoublesresult	W (1966)
USOpenDoublesresult	W (1965, 1966)
OthertournamentsDoubles
Mixed
WimbledonMixedresult	QF (1965)
Team	yes
FedCupresult	W (1969)

Nancy Richey (born August 23, 1942) is an American former tennis player. Richey won two major singles titles (the 1967 Australian Championships and 1968 French Open) and four major women's doubles titles (the 1965 US Championships, 1966 Australian Championships, 1966 Wimbledon Championships, and 1966 US Championships). She was ranked world No. 2 in singles at year-end in 1969. Richey won 73 singles titles during her career and helped the US win the Federation Cup in 1969. She won the singles title at the U.S. Women's Clay Court Championships a record six consecutive years, from 1963 through 1968.

Richey married Kenneth S. Gunter on December 15, 1970. They were divorced on December 28, 1976, and Richey reverted to her maiden name. She is the sister of American tennis player Cliff Richey. They were the first brother-sister combination to both be concurrently ranked in the USA Top Ten. They were ranked in the Top Three concurrently in 1965, 1967, 1969 and 1970. Nancy Richey was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2003.

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runners-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1966	Australian Championships	Grass	AUS Margaret Smith	walkover
Loss	1966	French Championships	Clay	GBR Ann Haydon Jones	3–6, 1–6
Loss	1966	U.S. Championships	Grass	BRA Maria Bueno	3–6, 1–6
Win	1967	Australian Championships	Grass	AUS Lesley Turner	6–1, 6–4
Win	1968	French Open	Clay	GBR Ann Haydon Jones	5–7, 6–4, 6–1
Loss	1969	U.S. Open	Grass	AUS Margaret Court	2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runners-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents
Win	1965	U.S. Championships	Grass	USA Carole Graebner	USA Billie Jean King
USA Karen Hantze	6–4, 6–4
Win	1966	Australian Championships	Grass	USA Carole Graebner	AUS Margaret Court
AUS Lesley Turner	6–4, 7–5
Win	1966	Wimbledon	Grass	BRA Maria Bueno	AUS Margaret Court
AUS Judy Tegart	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Win	1966	U.S. Championships	Grass	BRA Maria Bueno	USA Rosie Casals
USA Billie Jean King	6–3, 6–4
Loss	1967	Wimbledon	Grass	BRA Maria Bueno	USA Rosie Casals
USA Billie Jean King	11–9, 4–6, 2–6
Loss	1969	French Open	Clay	AUS Margaret Court	FRA Françoise Dürr
GBR Ann Haydon Jones	0–6, 6–4, 5–7

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	19771	1978	Career SR
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	F	W	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A / A	A	1 / 2
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	4R	SF	F	A	W	SF	A	SF	1R2	3R	A	A	A	3R	2R	1 / 9
Wimbledon	A	A	A	2R	3R	A	QF	QF	QF	4R	SF	QF	A	QF	QF	A	A3	2R	A	A	A	0 / 11
US Open	1R	3R	QF	A	3R	QF	SF	SF	F	A	A	F	SF	3R	1R	3R	QF	1R	2R	4R	1R	0 / 18
SR	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 4	1 / 2	1 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 2	2 / 40

1 The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.

2 Richey did not play. Her opponent got a walkover.

3 Richey was seeded No. 7, but withdrew from the tournament before it began.

References

(1981). "Official Encyclopedia of Tennis". Harper & Row.

Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

american-female-tennis-players australian-championships-(tennis)-champions french-open-champions sportspeople-from-san-angelo,-texas international-tennis-hall-of-fame-inductees tennis-players-from-texas united-states-national-champions-(tennis) wimbledon-champions-(pre-open-era) 1942-births living-people grand-slam-(tennis)-champions-in-women's-singles grand-slam-(tennis)-champions-in-women's-doubles 21st-century-american-women 20th-century-american-sportswomen

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Nancy Richey — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report